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NEWTON HIGH RAMS practice session at the FFA Camp Monday saw this handoff by the quarterback
test the defensive skill of the lineman (in dark uniform). Rams will return to Covington Saturday.
First game of the season is at Conyers on Sept. 5.
Newton Junior Football
Underway Baker Field
On August 20th an organiza
tional meeting was held to kick
off the 1969 Season of Newton
Junior Football, Inc. Hie follow
ing slate of officers were cho
sen for the coming year:
President, Clyde Webb; Vice
President, Bill Brooks; Vice Pre
sident, Pete Evans; Treasurer,
Pat Anglin; Secretary, Mrs.
Johnny Hammond.
The following committee chair-
Bulldogs Begin Drills Friday;
Are Defending Champions SEC
ATHENS — Georgia’s football
Bulldogs, seeking their third SEC
championship within a four-year
span, begin practice Friday mor
ning in preparation for their op
ener against Tulane here Satur
day, 2 p. m„ Sept. 20.
Georgia State Champions In Doubles
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JANA JACKSON (left) and Laura Higgins of Rome, won the Georgia
State Doubles Championship in the girl’s 12 division. They defeated
the Ifo. 1 team of Julia Ann Parks and Mary Joseph of Atlanta, 3-6,
8-6, 7-5. The tourney was played at the DeKalb Tennis Center in
Decatur.
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men were named:
Bill Laseter, Player-Coach
Committee; George Patton,
Field & Equipment Committee;
Jack Connell, Officials & Pro
tests Committee; Mrs. Pete
Evans, Projects Committee; Mrs.
George Patton, Cheerleaders &
Pageant Committee.
There are still committees to
be filled and the parents’ coope
ration in helping to fill these
“We’ll drlH twice-a-day for
a week or so,” says Coach Vin
ce Dooley, who Is beginning his
sixth season as Bulldog chief
tain.
Times of the workouts are 9
a. m. and 4 p. m.
posts will be appreciated. Any
one who is willing to help coach
a team, please contact Bill lase
ter at 786-2556.
Registration was held on Au
gust 23rd with a good number of
boys reporting. If a boy wants
to play football, but has not re
gistered, please report to Baker
Field on August 30th between 1:00
Georgia Tech Starts
Practice On Friday
ATLANTA(Special)—lt’s back
to the practice fields this week
for Georgia Tech coach Bud Car
son and his varsity football play
ers.
The Yellow Jackets checked
Into the flats Wednesday even
ing, posed for pictures and take
their physicals Thursday and be
gin practice in shorts Friday.
The first day of contact work
will be Tuesday, Sept. 2.
The presence of just three Sen
iors in the top 22 Jackets, and
only eight In the top 44 (taken
from the tentative depth chart
at the start of Fall drills), dic
tates the development of a young
squad In time for Tech’s open
er against explosive Southern
Methodist Sept. 20 at Grant
Field.
Potential standout Jackets who
win report along with their team
mates include offensive Guard
Joe Vintunlc, A 6-0, 216-pound
Junior from Pittsburgh, Defen
sive End Brad Bourne, A 6-2,
228-pound sophomore from At
lanta’s North Springs High, and
tight End Steve Foster, A 6-11/2,
223-pound Junior from Chamblee
High who was switched in the
Spring from his starting defen
sive end spot.
Jack Williams, a Decatur Jun
ior who saw a lot of action last
Fall after Larry Good was hurt
in Mid-Season, will open as First
string Quarterback. But Senior
Jim Person, Port Gibson, Miss.,
and heralded Sophomore Charlie
Dudish, Avondale, win provide
stiff competition.
Whoever calls the Tech signals
win have Halfbacks Brent Cunn-
Arrington Knee
Pronounced OK
Tulsa University Quarter
back Rick Arrington has taken
up regular practice routines with
the Hurricanes In preparation
for the 1969 season. Arrington
Is the son-in-law of the Henry
Odums, Jr. of Covington.
Arrington had a knee opera
tion during the 1968 season and
set-out most of that season with
the Tulsa team. However, his
knee is said to be holding up
fine In practice this campaign.
Tulsa opens with Colorado Uni
versity on Sept. 20.
Rick was the regular freshman
quarterback at the University of
Georgia before transferring to
Tulsa three years ago. He was
AH-State In North Carolina and
All-Southern when In high school
in the Tar Heel state. He Is now
a senior at Tulsa.
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Newton QB-FB Combination
RAM COACH WILBUR FISHER watches closely as QB Freddie
Adams hands the ball off to FB Johnny Moon in a practice drill
at the FFA Camp on Jackson Lake. Much of the success of the team
this year depends on these two stalwarts.
and 3;00 P. M. If circumstanc
es prevent registration at this
time, please contact an officer
of the league so other arrange
ments can be made.
“We expect to begin practice
the first week In September with
scheduled games beginning Sept
ember 20th. All scheduled gam
es wIH be called by seml-pro
officials,” an official stated.
Ingham, the tiny (5-7, 168) but
dangerous Sophomore from Eat
onton, and Gene Splotta, the oft
injured Senior from Memphis,
Tenn., behind him In the back
field.
Despite the loss of 1968 stars
Good, flanker John Sias, tight
end Joel Stevenson and safety
Bill Kinard, Carson believes this
year’s Jackets will be Improv
ed. The basis for this outlook
is better overall team speed,
more depth at some positions
and the talented Sophomores.
The barrier to an Improved
record (4-6 the past two sea
sons) is Tech’s schedule, which
includes five bowl teams (SMU
Tennessee, Auburn, Southern Cal
and Georgia) plus Notre Dame.
Dooley’s Book
Off The Press
ATHENS — Georgia football
coach Vince Dooley now has be
come an author. Coach Dooley,
with assistance from his offen
sive coaching staff, has written
a book entitled “Developing A
Superior Football - Control At
tack.”
It is off the press. It was
published by Parker Publishing
Company, Inc., West Nyack, New
York, 10994, and is $7.95 per
copy.
Coach Dooley and his defensive
staff next year will do a book on
defensive football.
Porterdale Loses
In Southeastern
The Porterdale All-Stars of
Bibb Manufacturing Company lost
both games in the double-elim
ination Southeastern Regional
Tournament at Canton, N. C. dur
ing the past weekend.
In the Saturday tilt the home
team, Canton, downed Porterdale
2-0, and on Sunday Asheville,
N. C. duplicated that score aga
inst the Georgia representatives.
The Bibb outfit gave up two hits
in the Canton affair, and three
blngles In the Asheville encount
er. Porterdale had a total of
six hits in both games.
After playing on an artificial
grass surface last week In Port
land’s Civic Stadium, rookie Fal
con guard Malcolm Snider had
this to say about the green car
pet: “There’s no place to spit.”
Wild Wrestling
Match Here Saw
Disqualifications
The main wrestling match in
Covington Saturday night saw
some bizarre happenings in the
squared ring.
The referee declared Paul De
marco the winner against Bill
Dromo. It was a wild match.
Paul Demarco was disqualified
in the first fall for not letting
his opponent in the ring. Dromo
was disqualified in the second
fall for Ignoring the referee and
hitting him.
In the third fall it was as
rough as the beginning. They
ended up fighting on the floor
and Paul made it in the ring be
fore the count of twenty.
In the semi-final Joe Scarpa
and Bob Armstrong defeated The
Super Assassins one fall and
wrestled the time limit.
In the first match Derrel Coc
hran won over Frank Marconi.
Demarco and Dromo will con
tinue their feud again Saturday
night at the matches here.
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NCHS Scrimmage Session At Camp
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NEWTON RAMS’ scrimmage Monday under the watchful eyes of Coaches Wilbur Fisher and Perry Hay
more (in background) saw this hole open for halfback Sidney Norton (with ball). The local team has been
at the FFA Camp for the past week.
Rams Return Saturday From Football Camp
The Newton County Rams,
some 50 football candidates for
the 1969 team, will return to Le
gion Field’s practice area Sat
urday after eight days at the FFA
[ Camp on Lake Jackson.
Opening game of the 1969 slate
Is set for Friday evening, Sept.
5 at Conyers with the Rockdale
County Bulldogs as the opponents.
The charges of Coach Earl O’-
Neil of Rockdale County, took the
Rams in their tilt here a year
ago, 27-0. However, two seasons
ago Coach Wilbur Fisher’s tearr.
downed the Bulldogs 23-18 at
Conyers.
Newton coaches openly say that
their Number One concern at the
present is the quarterback slot.
Freddie Adams, Ricky Schell and
Jack Lunsford, all without exper
ience at the signal position, com
prise the corps of ball-handlers
Gum Creek To Stage Horse
Show, Calf Rope Contest
The Gum Creek Saddle Club
of Newton County will stage its
First Annual “All Western Horse
Show and Calf Roping Contest”
Sunday, Sept. 7 starting at 12
noon at the Gum Creek Arena.
The arena is located four miles
North of Oxford on Gum Creek •
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for NCHS this fall. Jim Allen,
the Ram QB for the past three
years, graduated last June and
is now a member of the Lees
Mcßae College team in North
Carolina.
A loss to the team this week
of Dilmus Fuller, regular guard
for the past two season, will hurt
the interior Une setup somewhat.
However, Kim Blankenship, a
sophomore, may fill that gap. He
is a younger brother of Ram
basketball star Thad Blanken
ship.
NCHS coaches point to two
good running backs in the per
sons of FB Johnny Moon and
Halfback Sidney Norton. Both
were two-way players last year
for the Rams when the team had
a 5-3-2 slate. There are other
backs showing well, but these
two will have to carry the brunt
of the ground game.
Road, just off State Highway 81.
Prizes to the winners will con
sist of money and ribbons. There
is no admission for the public to
the event.
Officials of the club have an
nounced that there will be a
place provided for those who wish
to camp out near the arena.
Four Sprinters
To Snatch Goal
Line Flags
ATHENS—Georgia track coach
Forrest (Speck) Towns, who also
is in charge of purchasing ath
letic equipment for the Bulldogs,
says he has a problem each
football season with fans steal
ing goal line flags.
“The fans rush out to the field
and swipe the flags before our
men can get them,” says speck.
“This year I am thinking about
assigning our four fastest var
sity sprinters to try and beat
them to the flags.”
Speck says that every little
boy in Georgia must have a BuU
dog helmet chin strap by now.
“We lost some six dozen chin
straps each game,” says Speck.
“Boys get them from our play
ers after the game for souve
nirs.”
Georgia To Have
Uniform Change
ATHENS Georgia football
players this season will wear
the same jersies and helmets
as last year, but there wIH be a
change in. the pants. There will
be a red and black stripe down
the pants instead of just a black
stripe.
Rookie running back Paul Gip
son of Houston averaged over
nine yards per carry against
the Eagles and had little trouble
keeping his feet. But on the way
into the lockerroom he was deck
ed on a concrete runway by sev
eral autograph seekers who want
ed not only his signature but the
remains of his already tattered
jersey.